Elementals: Ice Wolves

he knew where this was heading. There was a little window down there, half open. “Rayna, no way,” he tried. “Pffft, your legs are long enough,” she said. “And just think what might be inside.” “A person!” he said. “A person might be inside!” She waved a hand in dismissal. “A window that small, no way does it lead to a main room. It’ll be the bathroom, or the pantry. Nobody’ll see you.” There were a dozen more arguments about why this was a bad idea, but Anders didn’t bother making them. He knew how it would end, no matter what he said. So instead, sighing, he handed his coat to her, then lowered himself off the edge of the roof. He ended up dangling by his hands, his feet feeling around for the window ledge as Rayna gave instructions, and he began to worry he’d have to let go. It was going to hurt , if he landed on the cobblestones. Just as he was really starting to panic, he finally found the little ledge, getting both his feet onto

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